Pope Leo XIII

No one is so rich that he does not need another's help; no one so poor as not to be useful in…

— Pope Leo XIII

No human law can abolish the natural and original right of marriage, nor in any way limit the chief and principal purpose…

— Pope Leo XIII

To refuse any bond of union between man and civil society, on the one hand, and God the Creator and consequently the…

— Pope Leo XIII

It is not the part of prudence to neglect that which antiquity in its long experience has approved and which is also…

— Pope Leo XIII

The Rosary offers an easy way to present the chief mysteries of the Christian religion and to impress then upon the mind.

— Pope Leo XIII

Hence from all we have hitherto said, it is clear beloved Catholics that we cannot approve the opinions which some [Protestants, Jews,…

— Pope Leo XIII

To suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity.

— Pope Leo XIII

The death sentence is a necessary and efficacious means for the Church to attain its end when rebels act against it and…

— Pope Leo XIII

These most crafty enemies [the devils] have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the Immaculate Lamb,…

— Pope Leo XIII

Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature ...

— Pope Leo XIII

“Mas, além da injustiça do seu sistema, vêem-se bem todas as suas funestas consequências, a perturbação em todas as classes da sociedade,…

— Pope Leo XIII

Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.

— Pope Leo XIII

Not only, in strict truth, was marriage instituted for the propagation of the human race, but also that the lives of husbands…

— Pope Leo XIII

For what concerns diversity of rites in the sacred liturgy, the Apostolic See has always made its position clear: not only it…

— Pope Leo XIII

Divorce is born of perverted morals and leads to vicious habits.

— Pope Leo XIII

Nothing is more important than to war on war.

— Pope Leo XIII

Catholics are born for combat.

— Pope Leo XIII

Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own. This is one of the chief points of distinction…

— Pope Leo XIII

To the shepherds alone was given all power to teach, to judge, to direct; on the faithful was imposed the duty of…

— Pope Leo XIII

Thoughtful men, with hearts craving the truth, have come to seek in the Catholic Church the road which leads with surety to…

— Pope Leo XIII

Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.

— Pope Leo XIII

You are not to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of…

— Pope Leo XIII

The Church of Christ, therefore, is one and the same forever.

— Pope Leo XIII

Our Lord came to the aid of each great tribulation with a special devotion. The present and future tribulations of the Church…

— Pope Leo XIII